Berries

August 2014

InteractiveAugust 20, 2014

Eat Like a (Frugivorous) Bird

By Citizen Science Staff

We’re not sure where the phrase “eat like a bird” originated, but it’s definitely misleading. Birds consume massive quantities of food compared to their body weights every day. In this interactive infographic, find out how you would have to eat if you were to “eat like a bird” if you wanted to eat like two of North America’s most recognizable frugivorous— or "berry-eating"—birds.

Select A Bird To Eat Like

Phainopepla

(Phainopepla nitens)

Cedar Waxwing

(Bombycilla cedrorum )

Please Enter Your Weight In Pounds

A phainopepla consumes about

264

mistletoe berries per day1

0.0159g

Avg. Weight of aMistletoe Berry2

15%

Percent of Mistletoe Berry Mass That is Fat2

26.7g

Avg. Weight of a Phainopepla1

We can't eat mistletoe berries, but we do love blueberries! If you ate the same amount of blueberries relative to your weight, you'd eat:

Blueberries per day

(1 blueberry = 1.36g4)

—or about—

of blueberries per day

(1 pint = 217 berries4)

A cedar waxwing consumes about

228

dogwood berries (Cornus florida) per day5

0.14g

Avg. Weight of aDogwood Berry (Cornus florida)5

16.7%

Percent of Cedar Berry Mass That is Fat5

32g

Avg. Weight of a Cedar Waxwing6

We can't eat dogwood berries, but we do love blueberries! If you ate the same amount of blueberries relative to your weight, you'd eat:

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